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O AYL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Last Week but Three. Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; Signori R nconi, Faure, and Marie. To-morrow Evening (Sa uriay), July 9, will be performed, for the 2d time this season, Donizetti's favourite opera, in two Lets, L'ELI 11l 'YAM ORE. Adam, lidl e. Adelina Patti; Dulcamara, Signor Ronconi ; Eelccre, M. Faure, his second appe - trance in that character ; and Nemorino, Sigoor Mario, his second appea:ance in that character these eight Tears. Conductor, Mr. Costa. After which the Divertissement, L'lle Enchant4e. Sup ported by Me.lle. Salvioni, Mdfle. Carmine, alle. Navarre, )ldlle. Assunta, M. 7esplaces, and Mr. W. IL M Payne. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., ard Is. ; amphitheatre:2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls , and tickets ma y be had at th, bog-office under the portico of the ttieaire, which is open from ten to five, and at. the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. IRIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, 31r. Dominick Murray. After which...the new pray by John Oxenfcrd, Esi , THE MONASTERY OF ST. JUST: Messrs. Vinin , IL M to;-2, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mello n , W. R o b in s, . Seyton, bapman ; Mrs. H. Mai ston, and Mdlle. 6tella Lolas. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— 543;0 ProDrigtor and Hantwer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'.S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Tole, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer; Miss Woolgar, Miss Denman. Followed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Too.e P. Bedford, R. EumerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Ec-engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. an , Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. P.tul Bedford, Mr. • - F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley , Mr. J. Johnstone; miMiss Hi r bert,Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss Cottreil, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Mho Wentwortn, Mrs. StirAng, and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S cLoTtaNG. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Rubinson. At S, the Comb Drama of USED UP Messrs. C. Mathews, Ashley, J. Johnstone, Montague, W. Chamberlalne ; Miss Patti Josephs, and M:s. Frani.: 3latthews. At 10, f.ITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank 3latnews, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth. On Saturday, July 9, w.ll be produced FAUST AND MARGUERITE. An Ira-morality, by F. C. Burnand, Esq., in which Mr. and Ms Charles .nathews will appear. OPERA 'lnd RACE GLASSES. Fink). and Yacht Glasses, in every varie y of size, form, and mounting*, matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness of definition. Price, from 20s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S, 2:IA, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. Sole agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic lenpes made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses mace ex oressly for India. warranted to withstand the greatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently made for H.B.H. the Prince of Wales , , though of the largest size, weigh but a lew ounce:. COUNTRY ani SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING SILK DRESSES, suitatle for the country and seaside, and at the ciearing-out pike of only £1 11$. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has alraady risen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a far trreater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms • but the same qualities will natur illy b more Costly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. COALS.—The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 23s. per ton. j Double 20s. per ton. Top 225. „ Deep ....215. ~ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and i 7, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent riIHE THIRD .EDITION OF " THE SuN, ,, Containing, the Latest SPORTING DITELLIGENCE, eau be had Every Evening, of G. R. GIANIE, NEWS Acr.Nr, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 8, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 6O Barometer-30.06. WIND—N.W. ; moderate breeze and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEM DAY.—morning, 4h. 44m.—Afternoon. 58m Eci-.1013.1t0w.-Alorning, 511. IG.n.—Afternoon, sh. 35n3, .44,46 4 's C Z ' t/ 1 . „, • LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1864. -40 "THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE" has never been more flagrantly illustrated than it was last evening in the House of Commons by her Majesty's Gee vernment. Ministers are, to all appearance, reso lutely bent upon completing their career to a nicety. They are rounding it to a point. Having brought disgrace upon England by their Foreign Policy— they have now, so far as in them lies the power for so doing, brought disgrace upon the House of Com mons by their mode of conducting its discussions. The scene which took place last night in the lower House of Parliament was simply disgraceful. And the originators of it from first to last were the lead ing members of the Administration, Elsewhere, the full particulars may be turned to and examined by themselves. And, when they have been so examined, we are vastly mistaken indeed if the opinion pronounced thereupon by every unprejudiced observer, is not in every parti cular directly adverse to the Leaders of the Go. vernment. Against them, their own Speaker, the Liberal. Speaker, Mr. DENISON, has pronounced quite unmistakeably. And yet—shameful to relate —the aged Leader of the House of Commons, the Prime Minister of England, actually took upon himself to contend against the reasonableness of the decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons upon a point of order—and was abetted in that act of insubordination by the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of 'the Exchequer, It is not many months since Lord PALMERSTON had to be taught what was really his duty as Leader of the House by— of all people in the wide world !—th e L ea d er of the oppos i t i o n. We assert this, within the recollection as to what took place. A n d— now of the House its e l f, —outelleroding HEROD—surpassing even himself in flagrant contravention of the simplest rules of the Rouse of Commons —the Leader of the House of ecnn znons,the Prime Minister of England, no official less eminentthanViscountP _ ALMERSTON himself, ont rages all sense of decency by contending against the deliberate decision of th 3 Speaker upon a Point of Order. A littl e more than a w eek ago Lord PAL. MERSTON was "hooted" down While addressing the House in explanati on of what was likely to be, according to his view of things, the future of the Foreign Policy of England under his government ! That he absolutely was "hooted "--gee the plain matter of fact statement of th e L iberal Spectator of Saturday last. And now, last night, Lord PAL. MERSTON, by his extraordinary indecorum in opposing the decision of the Ri g ht R on. the Speaker upon a point of Order —was greeted b f eriee of " Order, order !'' " Chair, chair cr ies sa long, so general, and so reiterated in accents of indignation, that his remarks became at last inaudible I Yet, immediately afterwards, the Chancellor of the Exchequer did precisely the same —being thereupon likewise mat by stormy cries of "order" and " chair." The whole scene, we repeat, was simply most disgraceful. It was most discredit able to the Rouse. It was most disrespectful to the speaker. It affords absolutely conclusive evidence (d such had been in any way needed) that so far es human judgment can foresee, Mr. GLADSTONE can never hope to become Leader of the House of Commons, can never dream of a time when ho o!la attempt to assum e the Leadership of the Government. From this he is constito• tienally incapacitated. A man of such personal arrogance can never hope to bring any great politi cal party into sufficient subordination to his master ship. He deals about him language of too much vio lence. He it was, in effect, who was at the bottom of the whole of these proceedings. He it was who had the coarseness, the grossness, the vulgarity to accuse the right hon. gentleman the Leader of the Opposi• tion of falsifying the despatches by his (Mr. DISRAELI'S) mode of quoting them. When the insinuation was originally thrown out, it was felt to be an outrage to the gentlemanly bearing of the House. It was passed by, however, at the moment with a sort of scorn—after eliciting from the House itself one ejaculatory burst of indignation. The third night of discussion, however, that is to say, last evening, found the vulgar taunt, picked up—like a stale piece of mud that had caked and fallen to the ground—found it picked up anew by congenial fingers and hurled, to all appearance, against the Opposition gene. rally, but, in reality, still individually against the Leader of the Opposition. The Under-Secre tary for Foreign Affairs, when undertaking the vindication of the policy of his chief, had the effrontery to assert that "his noble friend had been greatly misrepresented and wrongfully accused —that against him had been brought garbled extracts, and to use the words of his right hon. friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, falsified extracts from despatches." (Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Opposition benches.) Hence, in fact, later on in the sitting--during a very brilliant speech of the hon. gentleman the member forLeominster—the shameful scene which disgraced the Hoagie of Com- mons last evening. Twice during the early part of Mr. HARDY'S speech that gentleman was grossly interrupted by a point blank denial of the accuracy of his state ments. First, by Mr. HORSMAN. Secondly, by Mr. 'ATARI). In just ification of Mr. HARDY, it Will be sufficient, however, to direct attention here to the simple fact that later on in the evening both Mr. HORSMAN and Mr. LAYARD found it necessary to apologise. The right hon. gentleman, the mem ber for Stroud, as became him, apologising like a man, frankly, and in terms as point blank, an l as unconditional as the statement for the utterance of which he found it neces sary thus to apologise ! The Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, on the other hand, contented himself with a merely partial, evasive, or conditional semblance of an apology altar all ! Before even this could be elicited, occurred the incident already cha racterised by us as nothing less than disgraceful to the House, discreditable to the Government, and disrespectful to the Speaker—especially disrespect ful on the part of the Government-4 but : most of all, on the part of the Leader of the Government and his principal lieutenant—on the part, namely, of Lord PALMERSTUN and Mr. GLADSTONE. That the Under Secretiry for Foreign Affairs, himself violated the rules of the House, himself vio :ated the rules of Debate, the Speaker defined as plainly as Speaker of the House could define any. thing, when he (Mr. SPEAKER) decided that " A des patch must be on the table of the House before it can be quoted." That by the way. But this insubordi nate stickler for the maintenance of the rules of the House, for the conforming of every one to the laws of debate, the rules and the laws he himself was conspicuously and pertinaciously violating—Mr LiYAra) must needs fling out second-hend the shameful taunt hurled, in defiance of all the rules of courtesy, against a formidable opponent by a man of as rash a tongue and of as irritable a temper as himself, a man, however, of much greater namely, by the Right Hen. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was in reference to this that the member for Leominster remarked last evening, "The hon. gentleman has used language with respect to gentlemen on this side of the House that does no credit either to him or the Government he represents, and now when the hon. gentleman is convicted of a misstatement which has been made in the hearing of the House—a calumnious statement " (oh, oh, and Conservative cheers) — Hereupon, interjez:s Mr. LAYARD, "I rise to order. I move that the words just used by the hon. gentle man be taken down. I refer to the words, 'calum nious statement " (cries of " order," " chair;') Mr. HARDY added, " If I am not oat of order I shall be 'very"—But here interposes no less a personage than S PEA ZER himself with, "There did not appear to me to be anything calling for my interference" Whereupon—and no wonder ! — (tremendous cheer- ing from the Opposition.) Remember, the decision here, was the decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons—of the Liberal Speaker of the House of Commons ! And it was against this decision that first of all Lord PALMERSTON, and afterwards Mr. GLADSTONE, had the crowning indecorum to rise to order ! A more outrageous incident than this has perhaps never blotted with its record the pages of Hansard. It will in no way advance the failing fortunes, elevate the lowered reputation, or brighten the sullied honour of the Government. It cannot always be with feelings of doubt and suspicion that any initiated observer of events re gards any communication that bears the signature of Herr TON BIsMARK. That crafty politician has so often exhibited himself as the friend of despo tism, the enemy of freedom, and the uncompro mising upholder of those wily acts of policy which often do more to undermine the welfare of a State than more open and exposed actions. As if conscious of the bad repute which be bears, and desirous of disarming the criticism which the carry. ing out of his designs has brought upon his country, his despatches are almost always on the defensive. It is quite evident that his addresses are meant as explanations, defences, or accounts to pacify or con fuse those who may have expressed themselves strongly on the subject referred to, or whose opinions are well known without any avowal having been lately made. In this instance an identical note," has been addressed by the Cabi nets of Vienna and Berlin to the representatives of I..ustria and Prussia at the Courts of London, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Stockholm. Its object is to explain the conduct of the States alluded to at the Conference. It cannot be said that the bad cause is made much better by the very flimsy dis guise which is thus thrown over its real purpose, but it is most likely that the concocters of this despatch are persuaded that they have done a great deal to do away with awkward impressions, and to vindicate their own characters from the charges brought against their policy, and th e i mputations that made against th e i r o bj ects have been so freely from th e fir s t. It has often been said dipl omacy i s c onducted on very fallacious principles, and it nee d s but to peruse one of these documents at a crisis like the present to confirm stzch on opinion. Hero is all Europe in a state of j us t indignation at the perfidy displayed by P russia and her ally, the cruel mode insin cerity in which they prosecuted the war, and the that they 1..; e z-tbited at the Conference, After all this, it seems a perfect mockery for 31. BISMARK to tell us that th e G overnment of the KING went to the Conference " animated by the earnest desire's to put an end to the conflict. When all the policy of Berlin up to the present moment has been one of aggression throughout, what, in the name of corn- I mQn smile, is the use of this persistence in deceit. It amounts to downright impertinence, to . say the least of it. The whole of this despatch is a tissue of absurdities from beginning to end, and there is no real explanation given throughout its course as to the motives of the Government it affects to re present• * Ali that the mediating Powers proposed was impracticable, and the representatives of the KING could not perforce agree to them. " The honour and interest of Prussia" were the objects for which they went into the conclave; but it would puzzle anyone to explain why and wherefore the preservation ef these most important attributes required the cession of territories which did not belong to the Sovereign who claimed them virtually for his own, although he affected to regard them as independent States. The fact is that the case of M. BISMARK is so intrinsically bad, that at last he is obliged to give up his defence, and turn round upon his adversaries, throwing the onus of the failure upon them, and casting the odium of the re. preach on their actions. Bat this pretext will not serve his turn among straightforward people, and among those who are willing to uphold his tyrannous doctrines he had better speak out like a man, in steed ef persisting in craft and subterfuge. It is now quite evident that Prussia meant the Confer• ence to be a failure, and that the representatives o: the Cabinet went into the debate with instructions to differ from all the propositions made by the divers members. Tbe whole affair wa■ meant to give the Ministers of England an opportunity of hoodwink ing the people who complained of their policy. The best reproof that can be given to such a shameful course of trickery and deceit wih be the vote of censure that it !ices in the power of the members to pass to-night. It will be a proud thing ,to reflect upon, that the Parliament of this country has thus given an answer to the unworthy attempts that have been so long made to draw us into combina tion and collusion with the retrograde policy of the German Powers, and which Efforts our Micisters have done their best to ieoond. While our foreign affairs are just no v perplexing and exciting all parties we have good teaeon to be thankful that a very important matter &lecting the internal wellbeing and tranquillity:of EaLland is in a very satisfactory condition. We could act reason ably anticipate after a period of such eevere and protracted distress as has fallen upon Lancashire, that plenty and prosperity would be rkpidly restored. The catastrophe was not of a nature that could be promptly remedied. The destruction of cotton plantations and the turning of the industry of the Southern States to other purposes dictmed by the national necessities,added to the stoppageof trade produced by the blockade, combined to forlnd us to look with any confidence to an immediate renewal of our American supply. Even had the war been promptly terminated, or had our Govern ment possessed sufficient spirit and sagacity to have refused the recognition of a blockade whieli,though injurious, was never effectual, the delay must have been very distressing ; but when all that was to be looked for to set the silent mills going was the produce of a crop not" yet sown in now and untried districts, then the prospects were gloomy indeed. Cunning minds and stout hearts were alike fain to acknowledge the heavy burden of the calamity, and to own that for the time, at least they were poweriess to lighten it. It was not to be wondered at that many openly declared their belief that the case was hopeless, that it would be impossible to keep Lancashire's hundreds of thousands from starvation, pestilence, or rebellion, while the long neglected capabilities of India, of Egypt, of Africa, of Australia were called to the "Wane tnn tries would ever fulfil the sanguine expecta tions, which those best acquainted with the subject had formed of them, and it was gravely suggested that the industry of Lancashire had better be turned into other channels, for the cotton trade would never regain its former prosperity. The best answer to the melancholy anticipations is to be found in the report of Mr. MACLURE, the honorary secretary of the committee for the relief of the manufacturing distress, to whose sagacious and liberal expenditure of the funds placed at their disposal we owe so muc of the national escape from the dangers of famine, of popular outbreaks, and of epidemic disease. The behaviour of the people of Lancashire has through out this prolonged crisis been beyond praise; but it would have been more than human had they not felt that their claims on the sympathy and assistano of the nation met with full and prompt acknowledg ment. Had they seen their homes aismantled, their wives and little ones famishing, and the grim wolf at the door, end reflected that thousands of their fellow-countrymen had " bread enough and to spare," without lending them a helping hand, even English endurance might have given way. But the outburst of national feeling was as spontaneous as it was universal—it knew no distinction of rank, of class, of creed, of occupation. The thousands of the peer and the shillings of the peasant all proceed from willing hands, while Englishmen across the seas, the moment the first whisper of the great calamity reached them, despatched their mite to the relief. And although a task of vast responsibilhy and difficulty remained in the administration of the sums collected among families numbered by thou sands, and personally unknown to the relievers, so that every care was necessary to distinguish want from imposture, enforced idleness from thriftless dissipation, yet the fulfilment of that task has not left a shadow of eimplaint behind. We may therefore freely accept Mr. MeeLulu's report, rely- ing on the accuracy which has always distinguished his statistics, and rejoice with him over the good news that, since the opening of the current year, more than 100,000 persons have been taken off the unemployed list—those 100,000 persons, of course, representing the actual relief of a good many more, reckoning their families. There are now only 43 districts out of 170 where it is still considered ne cessary to continue the distribution of relief, and we may hope, under PROVIDENCE, that even those 43 will soon melt away. The account of the intel- gence received by the Cotton Supply Association encourages this hope—since in many parts experi ments with cotton have been attended with unex pected success. A sample of Sea Island cotton from Queensland was valued at from 33. 9d. to 4s, per lb. It is to be regretted that the extensive rains have damaged the Queensland crop to some extent, and it is feared may prove a hindrance to the cultivation in future seasons. Other parts of the colony, how ever, promise well. The first person who has made the experiment at Pert Denison announces it to be a success. Sine acres planted with c:tton near the South Pine River are producing the second year. From Buenos Ayres we learn that next year's crop in Paraguay is estimated at 100,000 bales. Other parts of the South American Republics are in a highly satisfactory condition, an' the authorities are fully sensible of th.e great importance of the trade, encot , :raging the cultivation by every means in their power. In some parts of Greece cotton is for the first time being grown; a n d in southern Af r i ca i t i s b ecom i ng a regular investment, The new Cotton Company have already planted 700 acres, and in other direc tions there are 600 more, so that there is a reason able prospect of a good supply from the neighbour hood of Niotal. This season's crop is now c*miog to THE STN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1864. market, and is selling at from sd. to Bd. per lb. in the seed. In the West Indies, too, it is hoped that cotton may supply the deficiencies of the sugar trade, and prove more remunerative. And all these various markets are, it is to be hoped, to open to us, without reckoning our Indian supply, which we may reasonably conclude will, with proper encon' ragement, year by year increase in value and amount. It is, perhaps, fortunate that the high prices have seen kept up so long to give the neces sary stimulus to enterprise, so that the cultivation may be firmly established in these new localities, and we may be lifted above the risk of another cotton famine. By the time American cotton comes freely to hand once more, the cultivation will be sufficiently general to mike quantity take the place of high price, and to enable the cultivators to find ample remuneration in the cheap supply of an article beccming daily in more demand as civiiiaa tion spreads throughout the world; and let us take warning from the bitter experience of the past, and never aga.n depend exclusively on the supply of one nation, however excellent its productions or abundant its rescurccs. THE LATE FIRE IN THE SAVOY. -..--...66.--, -... The bl►ckened ruins of the venerable Chapel Royal, it Savoy, were this morning visited by a large number of the nobility, and universal regret was exprosed at the destruction of a building so ancient atd so remarkable. The interior of the chapel presents a sight of utter destruction ; not a vestige of anything upright position, with the single instance of the remains of the communion table. is in an The antique monuments and mural tablets are, with few exceptions, entirely destroyed, the marble of which they were composed being reduced nearly to a state of powder by the action of the fire and water. The beautiful tablet erected to the memory of Peter de Wint, the painter, is quite destroyed, as far as the exquisite stone carving surrounding it is concerned ; but the slab itself, although cracked and split into many pieces, still remains adhering to the wall. The monument of "Anne Killigrew,'' dated 1685, on the left of the altar, has escaped with the least damage, and that of the Countess of Not tingham, on the right of the sacred spot, although greatly damaged, is not, it is to be hoped, beyond restoration. Nothing remains of the finely carved pulpit, or, indeed, of anything beyond that which we have just mentioned, and as a stranger enters the build ing, he cannot but be struck with the scene of utter desolation that Fresents itself. Here and there the scattered fragments of the music books of the choir are to be seen lying on the charred rafters, and in anotl'er spot small fragments of the stone-carving, the iron supports of the roof, and brass candelabra are plainly discernible, all fused into one common and incongruous mass. _ _ The most pleasing fact connected with such a misfortune is, that the sacred edifice was insured in the Law Insurance-office for the sum of £4,000, and the directors have expressed to the Rev. !dr. White, the minister of the chapel, their utmost willingness immediately to restore, ad far es possible, the sacred edifice. The outer walls seem quite sound, and additional strength is given to that supposition from the solility of the material used in their construction. Daring the whole of the day the greatest ex citement has prevailed in the neighbourhood, but the pn ice, who have charge of the chapel, allow none but privileged persons to pass through the iron gates leading to the venerabie pi!e. Wills and Bequests, The will of the Hon. Edward Henry Roper- Curzon, of Ramsam, near Barnstaple, Devon, was proved in the London Court on the 7th ult. by his relict. the soh executri4, to whom he has bequeathed the whole of his property. tad attesting witnessss are Anne Marla Cook;, gentlewoman, Barnstaple, and Richard Budd, physician, Barnstaple. The testator was the son of Henry Francis Roper, four teenth Baron Teynham, who assumed the came of Curzon. The will of the Rev. Sir Charles Hsrdiuge, Bart., of Boundes Park, Tunbridge Wells, Vicar of Tun bridge Wells, Vicar of Tunbridge (1809) and Rec tor of Crowhurst (1804), was proved in the London Court on the 3d nit. The personalty was sworn ander £35,000. The executors and trustees are Lady Hardinge, the relict; the Venerable Bober' W. Browne, Archdeacon of Bath, the son-in-law ; Edmund S. Hardinge, Esq., the son; and Captain Edward Hardinge, R N., the nephew. Sir Charles was the eldest brother of the first Viscount Her dinge,G.C.B. He succeeded his uncle, Sir Richard, as second baronet in 1826, and died on the 3d of February last, at the advanced age of eighty-four. His will bears date in 1844, to which ai e added tan codicils—the last dated April, 1861. To 1. ldy Har dinge, his relict, besides the Pr o pe r t y un der settle meat, there is an annuity of £4OO , a n immediate legacy of £2,000, and a life int erest in the real and personal estate, which, upon h er d eceas e, will be divided amongst the children , e , who are in the m 322 1- time to receive an interest in the sum of £ lO , OOO . There are a few legacies to som e o f hi s relatives and friends. The will of John Ha3ne, E sq ,, of Gloucester square, Hyde Park, was proved in the London Court on the 17th ultimo, an d t h e personalty s Rom under £400,000 ; the executor s and truE - Rayne, tees appointed being Charles W. Esq., the brother, and George D avy, E sq. , a nd Henry H. Gibbs, Etl., the testato r ' s l ate pa rtners. The will bears date the 23d of September, 1863, and the testator died on the 17th of May last. To his wife he has bequeathed an immedi ate legacY of £l,O OO , an annuity of £2,000 a year, and the wh ole of the furniture. The oil painti ngs an d p l a te at her de cease he leaves to his eldest son, and he has app ointed his three sons and daughters residuary legatees, share and share alike. To his brother and executor he has left au annuity of sisters each an annuity o f £3O, and legacies to some other relatives add ili ende ,--Fronz the Illus trated London .News. £5OO, and to h is two report from the Mi n i ster of Mar i ne MARITIME SIGNAL -8.--The Monitcur publishes a on the subject of the labours of the Anglo-French commis sion appointed to inquire into the question of a system of and the Colonies universal maritime signals. This document, after some Emperor's approval the sy s t em drawn up by:the commis sion. By means of 18 fla gs com bi n ed two by two, three by three, or four by four, ,ooo different combi nationslllore than 7 8 may be fornad ~,h . h n umber is su ffi cient to Previously in use, submits for the express all the communication s necessary at sea, and to in dicate the nam es o f t h e ships 01 war an d commerce of all nations; fcr ve sse l s at too great a distan ce for the colours of the flags to b e distinguis hed t h e same number of com munications m a y be made b comb i na tions of three balls and two flags. Th e report is followed by an imperial decree 0 ordering the cod e of sign a l s a lluded to t o be em p lo y ed b y all French v esse l s in the ir comin un i ca tions between each ' other or with foreign shi p;,t An u lterior notice from the Minister of Mari ne and Colon i es will fix the date on which the use of th e new code will co me into operation. GENERAL GRANT I N B ATT LE. --A correspondent of the New For Ti mes Writes .—" I wa s near Gen. Grant during that ter r ibl e F riday in the Wilderness. To , all outward app earance he w (Ja n e 3) cool, calm, and unoccupied. The skin is s o d rawn over his foreh ead ' forehead that wrinkles there don't show w h en h e is perplexed, and his beard SO hides his mouth that no nervousne:s there b e t r ays his thoughts. So he sat and whittled, cutting awa y at his stick with ' leisurely, measu re d , meditativ e stro kes much of the time, out turning hi s k n if e and cutting a t the end nearest him. self with short, Clipping strokes whsn ever word came of an important chan ge i n t h e chances o f b a ttle. Thus he fought the great cont es t w ith knife and st i c k, and (adds the writer, giving the reins t o hi s f ancy) w h en tha stick was gone the enemy was beaten." TRENT FISHERIES.-_A me eting of proprietors of fisheries in th e r i ver T ren t was held yesterday, ' at the house of the Speaker, Palace -yard, when it was agreed that an association be formed amalgamating with that of Derbyshire for the preservation of fish in the river Trent and its tributaries. it was decided that Lord Ver non be requested to accept the office of president, and that Major Scott and Mr. Thomas Worthington be appointed joint honorary secretaries. The bankers are Messrs. Evans, Derby, into rhos) hands clonstions and subserip tiO4B way be paid,. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia arrived a Queenstown at 6 10 a.m. this day, with 215 pas sengers and 412,552 dole. in specie. She landed 112 sacks of mails and 18 passengers, and pro ceeded for Liverpool at 630 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, SU.NE 29, Morning, No engagement has taken place at Petersbarg since Wednesday. It is supposed that Grant will abandon further assaults, and commence the siege of Petersburg and Fort Darling. Johnstone is heavily reinforcing Lee. Sherman has been repalst:d in Georgia, with heavy loss. President Lincoln has officially denied havin authorised recruiting in Canada. NEW YORK, JUNE 28 (Evening, On Friday the Confederates vacated their en trenchments in Grant's front, and prolonged their right flank against Grant's left, apparently to pro tect the Weldon Railroad against Grant's further advance. General Grant has abandoned his advance upon the Weldon Railroad, and returned to before Petersburg. In Wednesday's engagement the Confederates claim to have driven Grant two miles from the Weldon Railroad. Grant and Butler's armies are suffering from scarcity of water and the intense heat. The New York Herald thinks the capture of Richmond this summer improbable. Sheridan has moved from the White House to the south side of the James River. Hunter reports himself victorious in every en gagement with the enemy, upon whom ho inflicted great injury; bat from want of ammunition and supplies he was compelled to withdraw. Southern journals claim that Hunter retreated with a loss of 13 guns. Wilson's cavalry struck the Danville railroad near Burkesville, destroyed the track, and moved south ward. Stanton reports that all the railroads leading to Richmond have been destroyed, Sherman unsuccessfully assaulted Kenesan Moun tain en the 24th, losing 3,000 men. The Confederates are operating heavily in Sher. man's rear. Advicee received hero from Mexico announce that the French have occupied Acapulco and raised the blockade. The City of London, City of Manchester, City o Cork, and Bavaria have arrived oat. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 28 (Evening) Money tight. Gold 238. Exchange on London, 257; on Paris, 2.273 to 2.25. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 134 ; Illinois 13oi ; Erie, 1141- ; United States Bonds, Five Twenties, 1031. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 145. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn dull. Provisions ad vancing. Coffee and molasses, good inquiry. Sugar in good demand for export. Crude Petroleum, 47 to 48. Refined do., 72 to 74, NEW YORE, JUNE 29. Money tight. Gold very excited at 245 to 250. Exchange on London, 257; on Paris, 2.271 to 2.25. 129,1 ; Erie, 114; United States Bonds, Five Twenties, 1031. The Government ha offered the balance of the 75 million 6 per cent. loan at not less than 4 prem. (FROM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.) 'Per the Royal Mail Steamship Scotia, via Cape Clear, Tilly 8.) NEW YORK, Juxu 20, 11.30 A.M. The reverse to the 2d Corps of General Grant's army on the 22d was greater than at first reported. One entire brigade, besides many other prisoners and five cannon, were captured. The 10E8 in killed and wounded was heavy. In consequence of this disaster General Grant has been obliged to abandon his attempt to occupy the railways running south from Petersburg, and he has withdrawn his lines to their previously in tpenched position. Severe skirmishing occurs daily. Several Confederate attacks upon the weaker por tions of the Federal lines have been made, but are stated to have been repulsed. On the 21st a small detachment under General Forster, by direction of General Grant, occupied a position on the north bank of the James River at Four Mile Creek, oppo site Bermuda Hundred. On Friday evening Sheridan commenced crossing the James River, near City Point. Ho was at. tacked by a heavy Confederate force, which he re pulsed after a severe fight, in which he lost 1,000• men. A portion of his troops were still north of the river on Monday. Mr. Stanton annonnces that Hunter, finding his ammunition running short, is retreating to Western Virginia, but reports the complete success of his ex pedition to Lynchburg. Confederate despatches of the 25th state that the Confederates were pursuing Hunter, and had attacked him several times, captured 13 of his can. non, and inflicted heavy loss upon him in killed, wounded, and prisoner.s. At last accounts he was between 50 and 60 miles north-west of Lynchburg. Snerman reports that two columns of his army, under Macpherson and Thomas, simultaneously at tacked the Confederates at Kenesan Mountains on the 27th, and were repulsed. He admits Thomas's loss at 2,000 and Macpherson's at 500, among whom were General Harker and four colonels. Confederate despatches state the Federal loss at 4,500. Sherman believes the Confederate Ines to have been light, they being protected by breast. works. The Confederate General Pillow is operating on She man's rear, and has captured the town of Lafayette. Mr. Lincoln has formally accepted the nomina don of the Baltimore Convention. A mass meeting was held at the Cooper Institute on Monday evening, to ratify the nomination of General Fremont for the Presidency. All the speakers vehemently denounced Mr. Lincoln. COMMERCIAL IN 1 ELLIGENCE. Gold, 250. Exchange, 265. Sixec, registered, 1881, 1031 ; Five-Twenties, Coupons, 1031 ; Seven-Thirties, 1051 ; New York Centrals, 133/ ; Erie, 114 ; Illinois Central, 129/. Cotton closed yesterday 145 c. Breadstuff ad vancing. Provisions active, and higher. Sugar steady. Coffee dull. Prices nominal. DENMARK, COPENHAGEN, JULY 6, 2.27 P.M. An address to the King has been proposed in the Rigsraad, thanking his Majesty for his determina tion to cede territory rather than sacrifice the inde pendence of the country. The rumoured resiguation of General Gerlach, and the appointment of General Steinmann as his successor, has been confirmed. SANTO DOMINGO. MADRID, JULY 7. General Gandara has withdrawn the chief coma mand in Santo Domingo from General Santara, who is to proceed to Havana, and there await the orders of the Government. GREECE. ATHENS, JULY 4. The King arrived here unexpactedly at noon t'a-clay. The elections in Corfu will prebably be ad• journed. Perfect tranquillity reigns throughout the kingdom. [Chia telegram has occupied nearly four days in transmission.] FRANCE, A letter from Colmar says---" An event of great gravity has just happened, tending to still more complicate the kffair of the Cemptoir-Corniner,:iaJ of the Haut-Rhin and of the Palais d'Autetail, con nected with it. M. Jean Keiner, considered a very wealthy man, has been arrested and confined in the prison of this place. Tne examining magistrate and M. Scblumberger, substitute of the ProcureurJrn. perial, soon after left the town for Gunebach, for the Purpose of there seeking for the confirmation of certain charges which have been brought against that opulent manufacturer." A fire broke out three days back in the village of Contrevoz (Ain) which burnt with such violence that before it could be got under, 41 inhabited houses, 38 stables, 32 barns, and a number of other buildings with all they contained were destroyed. The greater part of the houses being thatched, the flames spread with frightful rapidity. This disaster was caused by the imprudence of a mountebank who sent up a balloon with lighted spirits of wine, which fell on one of the roots. He has since taken to flight, but is closely sought for in order that he may be punished. Forty•nine families, composed of 152 persons, have been reduced to misery by this calamity. The Emperor on hearing of the disaster sent 1,000 fr. for the relief of the sufferers. Toe Austrian Embassy at Paris has sent the fol lowing communication to the journals:—" The Morning Post, returning to the subject of a pre tended correspondence exchanged between the Ca binets of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburg, speaks of a private letter which Count de Rechberg is said to have addressed, on the 7th Feb. last, to Prince de Metternich, on the subject of the rights which the conquest of Schleswig would confer on the German Powers, and of the policy which they intended to follow in face of the attitude assumed by the non■ German Governments. The Austrian Embassy is able to give a formal contradiction to the assertions of the English paper. The letter which it makes known to the public has never existed." BOURSE, July 7.—The following securities were yesterday quoted ex div.:—Credit Foncier, 32f. 50c. Mobilier, 100 f. Northern Railway, 37f. Southern, 25f. Sardinian, 15f. Austrian, 12f. 50c. North of Spain, 15f.; and Madrid to Saragossa, 30f. The market has not shown much animation. Threes, for the Account, aro now at 66t. 10c. Mobilier has improved. Railway Market quiet, but flan. The market closed as follows : Italian Loan 6B Do. end mouth 6B 30 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 56 25 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5O 25 Home Debt Deferred • va.)c• Cash. Account. Orleans 672 50 .. 870 Northern O6O 952 50 Lyotto and Mediterranean - 895 895 --. New ditto Southern Er.fe•-n A *GO* ..... 4400 Sardinian Austrian LolrlyArd North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 41 per Cents .. P 4 Do. end month.... per Cents Do. end month 66 05 Credit Mcbilier 972 50 Do, end month 975 Bank shares 3310 Credit toncier 1220 Roman lit, IL 635 .. 636 06 510 - 507 50 470 470 - 351 25 .. 352 50 393 75 i• 400 - 531 .. 537 50 412 50 .. 41 - 527 50 .. 527 50 BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, July 7. The folios icg is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous accounts : JULY 7. JUNB 30. DR. t. c. f c. Capital of the Bank 182,600,000 132 , 500 ,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9 1 . 857) 5,024,708 48 5,003,954 29 Reserve in tho Bank and its branches ... 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4.000,009 Notes in circulation 772,109,475 706,60,815 Bank notes to order and re- ceiptg payable at sight 6,387,945 56 7,186,004 18 Treasury ac cur. creditor 57,850,061 81 91,647,05 94 Currentaccounts—Paris 47,246,73) 21 140,884,211 98 Do. branch-banks 22,77.5,470 24,748,501 Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests 28,688,531 SO 1,553,902 43 Re-discounts of the last eia montha 2,583,735 17 2,533,735 17 Sundries 1,262,856,023 10 1,278,509,517 03 CR. Cash in hand and branch banks 276,622,726 93 277,544,816 45 Commercial bills overdue 823,2b2 05 36 7,167 65 Commercial billsdiscounted not yet due ....355.09 5 -,489 37 381,824,063 17 Do. branch-banks .... 306,202,026 291,781,375 Advances on deposits of bullion ........... 21,058,100 20,148,200 Do. branch banks.... 3,326,100 2,91 i,600 Advances on Frenchpublic securities .... ..... 17,574,200 17,126,700 Do. branch-banks.... 9,819,450 2 .1,825,2,0 Advances on railway shares and debentures 29,361,300 Do. branch-banks 19,784,500 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 364,800 Do. branch-banks .... 386,000 Advances to the State 30,2e0,400 19,539,6C0 356,500 -- 396500 -- (Conv(n. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,!,80,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes iinutobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) . 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. Landed property, branches Expenses of inanngenieut .95,883 14 9,972 61 Sundries 100,000,000 - 9,171,720 - 1,262 2 E56,023 10 1,278,509,517 03 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD, TVITILT. A sharp Yankee went into the shop of a dry goods dealer down East, and thus accosted the pro prietor :—" Squire, do you trade ?" " Considerable," was the reply. " I m e a n d o you dicker ?" " Some; whatye get ter dicker ?" "A eg g." " whatye want for a egg ?'' "Guess I'd like a darnin' needle." The required needle was dickered for the egg, and the Yankee was going away, when he turned and said, " Squire do you treat ?" " Well, I don't mind if I do," replied the good-natured tradesman. They repaired to an adjacent tavern, and the usual Bour bon was produced , " Hold on," cried the Yankee ; "my chiat's weak, and I never could take whioky without a egg in it." The generous shopkeeper handed him the dickered egg, but without asking for his needle baci: again. The Yankee broke the shell on the edge of the glas o, when ho exclaimed " Geswililsins ! this egg's gut two Guess you must gin me another darnin' needle, squire:"—New York letter. THE LATE OUTRAGE BY BRICKMAKERS.—At he Salford Town Hall, yesterday, Patrick Cullen, o: Openshaw, labourer, was charged with being concerned in the late , outrage at the briekcroft of Mr A. Ashworth, Itegent-road. Police-constable Keogh said he took the defendant into custody in consequence of information which he had obtained.—A brickniaker, nitmed Briscoe, said—About twelve o'clock on the night of the 24th of June, he, with several other brickmak,:rs went to Mr Ashworth's croft to pass the night. He had been in the habit of sleeping at the place, A short time after he had arrived, he saw several men go towards the croft, with some instrument in their hands, and commence destroying a number of the bricks. He recognised the prisoner. In cross-examination the witness said that, although he had seen the placard offering a reward of £lOO for the apprehen sion of the guilty parties, he did not inform the police, be cause he was afraid of getting into trouble. htr Ashworth said he visited the croft on the morning of the 25th of June, when ho found that about 70,000 bricks had been destroyed. The damage amounted to £3O. The last witness had been in the habit of sleeping in the croft. The prisoner was remanded t 9 Monday, bail being refuted, 7, e----_,P r i - -, - -,,,,, 0-77 . , , 4 ,--- ~ : f.t. r l iitt. c". • A 1,.,) . HE ET MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, July 7. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, went by special train to Twickenham yesterday, and visited the Duke and Duchess d'Autnale. After wards the princesses drove in an open carrilge and four to Ham Common, and visited the Duke and Duchess de Chartres, and returned to Windsor C, , stk in the evening. Her Royal H)ghness the Princess Blenehe of Orleans arrived at the Castle. The Countess Do tiger Spencer and the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood also arrived, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse, drove in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Louis of Hesse went out riding, attended by the Hon. Hentio Stoptord and Colonel ihe Hon. A. Hardinge. Their Royal Highnesses Princess - Beatrice and Princess Blanche of Orleans took a carriage drive. Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria of Hesse took an airing in the Horne Park. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester. day, attended by Captain Grey. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the French Gallery in Pall-mall, to view M. Gadiu's picture of the " Arrival of Napoleon 111. at Genoa during the Italian War." The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon. • In the evening their royal highnesses went t the Italian Opera, Covent.gurden, attended by th Marehicnees of G.:.rnaarthen and Captain Grey. ... -- ----.---+T,-_-- -- TUE COURT.—It is expected that the Court Zvi leave Windsor for ©.borne on Monday next, where th Queen will probably remain a month or six wetks, afte which a trip will be mado to Balmoral, Their Royal Hight:es:3es the Count and Countess de Paris and suite have arrived at the Clarendon Hoto from Woodnorton, the seat of the Duke d'Aumale, in Worcestershire. Louisa Marchioness of Waterford has left Far rance's Hotel for Ford Castle, N.B. The Countess Cowper had a small and early party yesterday evening, at the family mansim in St. James's square. The Earl and Co❑ntess of Seafield and Lord Reidhaven have left the Clarendon Hotel for Cullen House, Banffshire, N.B. Viscountess Pahnersten will have an assembly to-morrow night at Cambridge House. Lady Lianover has arrived in Great Stanhope street from South Wales. The Hon. Catherine Nanneck, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Hunting&ld, expired on the 4th inst, at lireuznach, in Germany. Her ladyship, who was the daughter of the present Lord Huntingfield, was born in Lady Charlotte Schreiber's ball will take place this evening. Hie Excellency M. de &lan has left Manrigy's Hotel for Berlin. The Marquis de Castania has arrived at tha Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Italy, Lady Moteswortn entertained at dinner last evening the Earl of Wicklow, the Duchess of St. Albans, Lady Diana Baauclerk and Viscount Falkland, Lord Harris, Lord and Lady Abercromby, Lady Mlle, Lord and Lady Aveland, Lord and Lady Carew, Mr and Mrs. Fellowes, Mr and Mrs Hughes (cf Kinmel), Sir Hume and Lady Campbell, Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane and Lady Cochrane, Sztc. The Representation of Huddersfield, Mr. T' P. Crossland, who will contest Hudders field at the next election, has issued an address to the electors of that borough, in which he says : " In politics I am a Liberal, as I have always been ; and I shall continue to support such measures of reform as a-e likely to advance the interests and develope the intelligence and resources of this great country. I should support a large and well-consi' dered measure of parliamentary reform, introduced either by the Government of the day or by a power ! ful patty in Opposition ; and I am anxious to see any such measure aim rather at the extension of the euffrage to the intelligent, industrious, and thrifty portions of the now excluded than merely at the lowering of the brick and mortar test. With my present views 1 would support a measure based on a £6 rating for boroughs and a £lO rating for counties. I would further give the vote, both in counties and boroughs, to every man assessed to the income and property tax. Be lieving, as I do, that while any portion of the community remains excluded from the franchiee t and those who possess it hold it as a trust, I regard it as essential to the proper exereiee of that trust that it should be openly discharged, end I cannot therefore support the ballot. As a sincere Church man, and in the interests of the Church itself, I feel that in the absence of a well-considered and approved cornptomise of the coellicting interests involved in the difficult question of Church rates, it would be wise to abolish such rates altogether; but at the sometime I hold myself free to vote either for their total abolition or for any attainable fair compromise and just settlement of the question. Weile I would advocate economy in every branch of the public service, I would, at the same time, maintain our national defences prepared and fitted for every pos sible emergency. I have been, and still am, a great admirer of Lord Palmerston, and in the main lamso of his present Government. I woulti, how ever, afford a cordial and willing support to Lard Derby or any other Minister introducin g such mend sures and so conducting the Government of the country as would in my jadvnent promote its pro sperity and maintain its honour and dignity. In a word, if I go to Parliament, I go as an indepen dent member, free to act and to vote as my own judgment, guided by the leaaling principles I have stated, may dictate or suggest. I would meddle as little in the affairs of other nations as may be, compatible with the high position this great country ought to oc cu py, having due regard to its extensive commerc,al interests and to its numerous distant dependencies. I very much ap prove of the part taken by the Government with reference to the sanguin ary conflict still waging across the Atlantic. lam not, in the present state of things, prepared to advccate our going to war, single handed, on the Danish question, At the sumo time I deeply regret that our Government should, by its ccnduct, have heldout to Denmark hopes and. expectations which it was not prepared to maintain and secure, by armed interposition it necessary; and as a general rule, I regard it es derogatory to the influence and prestige of this country to interlet e in the affairs of other nations, unless prepared to aesert her power and authority if remonstrance should. prove unavailing." A EFFORT FROM TIIE SEA.—ILFRACOMBE, July' 6.--A bottle was picked up at sea this mornings. containing a paper on which the following was written in pencil :—" The Ocean Queen, G. Arm: trong, master, has I been sunk off Bermuda, Feb. 4, 1t.'61. All hands, with L he ezception of two, James Dadds and John Williams, were drowned, are in the boats. She sailed front Liv,•rpool, Bee. 11, 1803, and the owners are Messrs. John son au d Lake, Liverpool,—G. ARMSTRONG, master." TH4 .fIUILDEIIS' LOOK OUT IN %V OLVERHAAIPToNs —Yesterday building operations recommenced at Wolverhampton, after a six weeks' part strike and part lock out. The bricklayers have mediated between the labourers and the master buildas, and induced the men to withdraw the notice for an advance of wages, on the ground that they ought to have given a three months' and not a fortnight's notice ; the masters, on the other hand, have withdrawn the lock out. This done, the masters gave the labourers an advance of is a w eek all the year round, to make 18s in the summer and 16s in the winter, hut they refuse to make the wages in the winter equal with then. , in the summer, which the fi , :4 recvlired. They have, however, promised to conalla any applie4tiou that the men may make to them eu at y OCCAZi9II after a three menthe. notice,